Newscast – Thursday, July 15, 2021

In this newscast:

  • Juneau city officials are urging unvaccinated travelers arriving from Alaska communities that are seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases to get tested when they return to town.
  • Juneau coffee shop Sacred Grounds recently got a makeover from Tlingit artists Michaela Goade and Robert Mills.
  • The Biden administration announced Thursday that it’s freezing any remaining old-growth timber sales in the Tongass National Forest and will pivot to investing in other sectors of Southeast Alaska’s economy.
  • Canadian authorities say they’ll lift a pandemic-era ban on cruise ships in the country’s waters.